Opening windows did no good here, ended up needing a PIV & a few sensors to help monitor levels, damp has since stopped spreading.

30th Jul 2016

Great for testing caravans - but cold from me, I think I paid about £11 for mine

31st Jul 2016

Yeah I've got damp, what's it gunna do about it!

31st Jul 2016

Gunna test this on the missus. She got very damp downstairs when watching "Naked Attraction" on Channel 4. Plumping, incidentally, for the bloke in purple, with the moles and all the pheromones.

31st Jul 2016

Coincidence but I used mine for the first time in years - it's a good device, tells you on the back what levels you should be looking at for low, medium, high moisture.

31st Jul 2016

mjccam

£14.72 to tell most folk to open a window, expensive advice

I would. But my lounge get on the ground floor has bottom opening windows so anyone can. I'm back in. Should I get some kind of grill on it?

31st Jul 2016

I got this and took my local council to trial and one!For 10 years I was fobbed off with surveyors telling me their very expensive Protimeter was calibrated to wood and the alarm noise was irrelevant in my brick house. One button on this unit switches from timber to masonry. Corrupt officials exposed because I used my meter.

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31st Jul 2016

Mikuru

Opening windows did no good here, ended up needing a PIV & a few sensors … Opening windows did no good here, ended up needing a PIV & a few sensors to help monitor levels, damp has since stopped spreading.

What's a PIV?

31st Jul 2016

I have Asperger's syndrome (as far as you know) and this is essential to find out if your bird/wife is up for it!

31st Jul 2016

joeymcjoe

What's a PIV?

Positive Input Ventilation. It's a big intake fan you usually fit in your loft that runs constantly pushing air out through gaps in your house. Considerably reducing moisture levels. They cost from £300 to buy and approximately £5 a year to run.

Edited by: "fr0d0" 31st Jul 2016

31st Jul 2016

I bought one of these a few years and can confirm they work and give you accurate readings, pretty well made too.

31st Jul 2016

I used one of these on many house viewings, very handy indeed!

31st Jul 2016

For the same money you could buy a multi meter and then test the resistance in the wall !